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Random Acts of Kindness Advent Calendar

It is almost Advent Calendar time!!! If you are like me, you loved the countdown to Christmas and REALLY loved opening each day on the advent calendar with much anticipation to see what was inside. Ok ok….I know, some sort of sweet treat it usually the way to go for the kiddos for these exciting days. But let’s face it, this holiday season is already filled with so much sugar! I mean, I know you and your littles are going to be baking some of the insane amounts of cookies I will be blogging about this December! That means they need to eat some of the chocolate chips, taste the dough, lick the spatulas, and taste the cookies when they are warm and again when they are cooled off, then again with milk. Whoa, tangent. Sorry.

While kindness does still exist in this crazy world, I think this is a perfect time to introduce “random acts of kindness” to your kids if you haven’t already. It is so easy to get swept up with day-to-day life and activities, this is a simple way to slow it down and think about how they can make someone else feel good. Pay it forward.

Simply write down one random act of kindness on a small piece of paper, roll it up and put it in place of the chocolate in your advent calendar. Each morning, have your child open the advent door to an act of kindness for them to achieve that day. It can be anything from “Tell a joke” to “compliment the first 3 people you talk to today”. This can also be a great reminder for adults as well! Maybe you both tackle these acts and discuss what you did and their happy reactions over dinner that night:)

Acts of Kindness Ideas:

Tell a joke

Compliment the first 3 people you talk to today

Do a chore that no one asked you to do

Help an elderly person cross the street

Put change in the vending machine

Hold the door open for someone

Leave a kind letter in a library book

Let someone go ahead of you in line

Set the table for dinner

Tell someone why they are special to you

Talk to someone new at school

Bring flowers to your teacher

Donate food to the food pantry

Mow the neighbors lawn

Shovel the neighbors walk without them asking (and yours too:)

Tape change to a parking meter

Call a friend you haven’t talked to in awhile to catch up

Leave heads-up pennies on the sidewalk

Tell someone how much you love them

Wave at kids on the school bus

Invite someone to play on the playground

Clean your room without being asked

Say thank you when you see service members

Help make dinner

Tell your parents how awesome they are

Happy Adventing!

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